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General Software Discussion / Re: Word Search Solver

« on: August 31, 2008, 08:28 AM »

justabeginner,

Thanks!!!! 

This is awesome (and yes, I'm a patient dude...)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Word Search Solver

« on: June 25, 2008, 03:13 AM »

Wow - that is exactly what I was looking for...

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General Software Discussion / Re: Word Search Solver

« on: June 28, 2006, 06:21 PM »

It's written in ApplesoftBASIC (Apple II)

I doubt that there is a direct converter from this to say, VB, Java, etc...

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General Software Discussion / Re: Word Search Solver

« on: June 28, 2006, 04:50 PM »

Mouser,

Thanks - as for cross platform - I'd just like to convert the BASIC program (or the logic behind it) so that I can run it on any system that I might be using (java?).

If that makes it more difficult, then I'd default to WinXP for now.

I figured that there were apps out there that make Word Searches, but I didn't realize that they would also have solvers too.

I have very little time to devote to learning programming again (it's been awhile) and I figure that someone would probably be able to 'whip' this out without breaking a sweat.

Thanks again

Rich

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General Software Discussion / Word Search Solver

« on: June 28, 2006, 04:11 PM »

Got a good one for everyone - And I know most will ask 'why?'  In this case, it was just a logic problem for me to figure out.

Back in High School (in the 80's) I learned ApplesoftBASIC on my trusty Apple //c.

I made a BASIC program to solve Word Search puzzles.  It would read in a text file of the grid of letters and then read in another file of the words to find.

The logic used was to find the first letter of the word.  Once found, it would compare 360 degrees around it to find the second.  If the second was found, then proceed in that direction until end of the word.

The results were printed as beginning and ending coordinates (I didn't attempt to do anything graphically.)

So, I would like to attempt to convert my BASIC program (of which I still have the code) to something else so that I can use this app in Windows (or Linux, Mac, etc)...

Any ideas?

Rich